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NAFDAC chief: I returned from the US to remove Nigeria’s shame

From Vanguard · () English

Translated from English and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Named sources Context piece
  • NAFDAC Director-General Mojisola Adeyeye rejected calls for her resignation.
  • She said she returned to Nigeria after 34 years in the United States to serve and remove what she called the country’s shame.

Mojisola Adeyeye says she left a happy retirement in the United States and returned to Nigeria to serve. The NAFDAC director-general made the statement while responding to calls for her resignation.

Adeyeye said she spent 34 years in the United States before coming back. She described her decision as a response to feeling “ashamed” of Nigeria and wanting to help remove that shame.

Her comments were reported in Abuja by Vanguard News. The supplied report does not give further details about the resignation calls or the issues behind them.

I retired happily, came here to serve.

· Mojisola AdeyeyeThe NAFDAC director-general described her return to Nigeria while responding to calls for her resignation.
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